Worcester SPM grad not injured in Maine bus crash

Thursday

Feb 28, 2013 at 6:00 AM

A St. Peter-Marian High School graduate was on the bus carrying the University of Maine women’s basketball team that ran off a highway north of Boston Tuesday night.

Junior Ali Nalivaika is from Worcester, and graduated from St. Peter-Marian high in 2010. She said she called her parents back home as soon as she got off the bus to let them know she was fine, in case they saw anything on the news.

Ms. Nalivaika said the team was eating on the bus and listening to music when Ms. Nalivaika said she heard the team’s assistant coach scream “whoa whoa whoa.”

She said she saw headlights coming at the bus, and then the windows went dark. She was in the back of the bus, and was not hurt. The crash seriously injured the 55-year-old bus driver. Ms. Nalivaika said the worst injury besides the bus driver’s was a broken hand suffered by freshman guard Milica Mitrovic of Belgrade, Serbia.

Ms. Nalivaika said the team was en route to Boston, where they were scheduled to play Boston University Wednesday night. The game was postponed.